diff --git a/sys-auth/consolekit/metadata.xml b/sys-auth/consolekit/metadata.xml
index e8e6572a99fe4..3cef4bc1d8e73 100644
--- a/sys-auth/consolekit/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-auth/consolekit/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 		<email>perfinion@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Jason Zaman</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<herd>freedesktop</herd>
 	<maintainer>
 		<email>freedesktop-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>